The Samsung Galaxy S9 forces us to question upgrades for their own sake. On the one hand, there’s our desire as consumers to have the very latest tech gadget, even if we don’t even use the phone we have now to its full extent. For manufacturers, there’s the pressure to revolutionize each time, and throw out what worked before simply because it’s associated with an “old” product. Into all that arrives the Galaxy S9, managing to be both new and familiar at the same time.
Something old, something new
Samsung hasn’t reinvented what it didn’t need to reinvent. The Galaxy S9’s screen doesn’t stray far from the S8’s panel – a 5.8-inch, Quad HD+ Super AMOLED with an 18.5:9 aspect ratio – because that display was already one of the best out there. It covers a little more of the fascia this time, the top and bottom bezels shrinking further, and still curves pleasingly around the sides of the phone. Now, though, the home screen supports landscape orientation; it’s a small change, but does mean less flipping of the handset as you shift between landscape apps.
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